1. I wander aimlessly in the stillness of lightning
So your heart returns with attachment

2. You are not the memory of an unfaithful woman
Who left you melting from passion

3. She descended in the valleys of al-Asnamah
And wandered in the rugged paths of valleys

4. And loyalty, when it looked
At an apparition with nothing left but a flicker

5. Can I bear love and sigh with longing?
I responded, I sought but could not endure

6. Before living with you, did your eyes shed tears?
And did you stay awake at night?

7. Never again will I taste your separation
For your parting taught me my distinction

8. I suppose your necklaces are like
My throat when it trembles from anxiety

9. Grant me to stand commanding
The freedom of your captive and go

10. The cattle of Maha bleated
Gladdening your heart at first light

11. They gave you a cup of passion and longing
And whispers, so you were drunk but did not awake

12. You trusted their affection
But they were unfaithful - would that you had not trusted

13. I said to night's companions
"The she-camels are forbidden on the roads

14. And the sheep are melting from the heat"
Flowing down with sweat

15. They crossed Salma then Dura then Aja
Then my Haziz, then Ramah then the lightning

16. They passed the sheep in a barren land
With torn saddlebags

17. They came to Aleppo where they wasted gold
And excused themselves, fleeing with silk

18. O light of the brilliant sun
Or the shining of the glow of dawn

19. Or is it the face of my father al-Alwan
Guiding the one clad in darkness?

20. A king whose gaze falls on none
Except that he sniffs the horizon

21. Fierce, harsh, clever and sly
No one took refuge in him but was wretched

22. He flows so our ships sway
In the fragrant breeze of his spirit

23. I imagined, so I smelled the scent of his hand
And drowned in the torrent of his rain

24. He erased my non-existence and mixed my blood
With his love, so it remained for us and stayed

25. My soul is diminished for the sake of a few
Who held onto their beauty - the last of my vigor

26. They dispelled my non-existence and bought my wisdom
So my words flowed and flourished and grew

27. I accompanied them high and low
Until my honor was like tatters

28. So I accompanied a people - no one
Sought friendship with them but met

29. By God they are - so they are a people
Who parted with efforts that did not prosper

30. And we are the people - from us are withheld
The sides of roses - they were not tasted

31. And ours are the heroes when they descend
They declaim with covers up to the neck

32. And the tall spears with trimmed tips
And the short sharp swords

33. And the horses biting their bridles
Almost softening from the beating

34. And the claws scraping their faces
Changing their nature

35. Leaving the meadows at the mountains
Trembling from the earthquake at the ridge

36. Oh our daring knight the courageous heart
Flies from the reddening horizon

37. And the horses chomp their bits
Almost melting from the pounding

38. And the sand grooms their faces
Returning them altered in form

39. They envied you because you surpassed them
And for what people did you not excel?

40. With what glory, what restraint
And what generosity were you not endowed?

41. Generous like the sea to one who draws from it
And praise like musk to one who inhales it

42. So you are safe - how much do I owe you
Graces that forever adorn my neck

43. And to you were led well-trained
Coming to you refined in gait

44. A lively brown mare wandering in her splendor
And the beauty of her graceful sight

45. I scented her mention with your scent
As if amber were in her coat

46. She met with your superiority and was told
"Find contentment in none but him" so she found no contentment

47. She was created for the joy of one smiling
Drowning in your closeness and embrace